free online poetry course

"The IWP’s Distance Learning program is proud to present an online, seven-week poetry writing course this February. The course will include seven live online sessions and will be conducted via virtual classroom software. The course is free of charge and all sessions will be conducted in English."

for more information on how to apply, check out their facebook page. 

Poetic Meter and Rhythm

How to Scan a Poem

Southern Literary Magazines

If you are looking for literary magazines to submit to that are a little more close to home, Check out the Review Review's list of Southern Lit Mags.

"Is your poetry manuscript ready? - Part 1"

Our manuscripts are always ready. Sometimes they are ready for us to work on them some more. Sometimes they are ready for a month-long nap in a drawer to take a break from us. Sometimes they are ready for us to stop obsessing and relineating and to send them to try their luck with real life readers.
Sometimes the trouble is that we, the poets, have difficulties recognizing when our manuscripts are ready or not. I believe there are several signs we can look for...[ KEEP READING]

"Top 5 Quick & Dirty Submission Tricks"

"In an ideal world, perhaps, we would all hone our craft for years and not give a hoot about publishing—and when we did finally submit, we would send only our best work to the best journals, where it would be read by head editors who would instantly recognize our genius. Sounds great, but as a writer and editor in the real world, I’d like to take this opportunity to share 5 quick & dirty submission tips that you won’t find in anyone’s submission guidelines...." { Read More }

the art of the metaphor: a lesson by Jane Hirschfield